Several thousand people took to the streets of Berlin and other German cities on Monday night to protest their opposition to the anti-Islam movement Pegida.<br /><br /> It happened amid a lot of political soul-searching after a pro-Pegida march in Dresden was cancelled because of a terrorist threat.<br /><br /> Angela Merkel has previously condemned the group in strong language as “racists with hatred in their hearts”.<br /><br /> But now she and other politicians are embarrassed.<br /><br /> “As German Chancellor – regardless of whether I like the content – I have to ensure that anywhere in Germany people can take to the streets in demonstrations because it is a fundamental right,” Merkel said on Monday.<br /><br /> Police in Dresden, Pegida’s birthplace, banned all outdoor public gatherings on Monday.<br /><br /> It came after the authorities said they had specific warnings of a terror attack.<br /><br /> Pegida said it was a death threat against its founder, Lutz Bachmann.<br /><br /> He seemed unfazed, telling a news conference:<br />“Hopefully there will be anothe
